David Wolper

Found at the northeast corner of Sunset and Vine is the television star for David Wolper. Who is David Wolper and why does he merit at star? David Wolper spent his time behind the camera which is perhaps why I'm unfamiliar with his name. Wolper first served as Executive Producer for the 1958 film "The Race for Space". He was a producer in film and television and, as part of his career, produced the television miniseries "Roots" as well as the well known films "L.A. Confidential" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". He was also responsible for such biographies as "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "Imagine: John Lennon", and an insect based and Academy Award winning biography entitled "The Hellstrom Chronicle". Wolper was born in New York city in 1928. Wolper died of Congestive Heart Disease and complications of Parkinson's disease in 2010.